marrow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mar·row /ˈmærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun 1 [uncountable]HBAHBH the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones 骨髓 SYN bone marrow a bone marrow transplant 骨髓移植2. [countable, uncountable] British EnglishDF a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground 西葫芦3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow COLDSHOCK British English literary very cold, shocked etc 冷得刺骨/惊得目瞪口呆等
Examples from the Corpus
marrow• If it was conditioning it was deep as her bones and marrow.• On May 29, a bone marrow test confirmed the worst.• Other potential side effects of colchicine include bone marrow depression, hepatotoxicity, alopecia, neurologic disturbances, and renal damage.• My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.• Her mentor, Jim Teyechea, pushed Nogales' plight into the national spotlight, before he died of bone marrow cancer.• Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles.Origin marrow Old English meargmar·row nounChineseSyllable
centre in substance the hollow fatty soft the Corpus
marrow
mar‧row /ˈmærəʊ $ -roʊ/
noun
SYN bone marrow:
a bone marrow transplant
2. [uncountable and countable] British English a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground
3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow British English literary very cold, shocked etc
mar‧row /ˈmærəʊ $ -roʊ/
noun Language: Old English
Origin: mearg
1. [uncountable] the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones Origin: mearg
SYN bone marrow:
2. [uncountable and countable] British English a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground
3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow British English literary very cold, shocked etc
